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63 Replies to “First Anniversary of Yellow Vest Protests in France”

    • RT – DECEMBER 01 2018 – ACT 3

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      Le 1er décembre, pendant qu’Emmanuel Macron est au Brésil, où il participe au sommet du G20, de nombreux Gilets jaunes se rassemblent, une nouvelle fois, sur les artères cossues de l’Ouest parisien en dépit des interdictions d’y manifester décrétées par le gouvernement.

      Entre autres événements marquants de la journée, des individus qui parviennent à saccager l’intérieur de l’Arc de Triomphe. Le maintien de l’ordre s’avère, une fois de plus, laborieux.

      Dans un contexte pour le moins confus, des Gilets jaunes s’élèvent de leur côté en rempart autour de la tombe du soldat inconnu, comme en témoignent de nouvelles images exclusives, aujourd’hui révélées par RT France.

  4. europravda – ‘Yellow vests’: A year on, is the future bright for France’s fluorescently dressed protesters?

    What have the yellow vests achieved in the past year and do they belong to history just yet?

    • the guardian – PARIS

      Paris police fired teargas to push back yellow vest protesters trying to revive their movement on the first anniversaty of the sometimes violent uprising against President Emmanuel macron and his policies seen as favouring the rich. Police detained several people by mid-morning

    • Deutsche Pravda – France marks yellow vest anniversary with tear gas and water cannon

      Protesters have staged a series of demonstrations across France to mark the first anniversary of the yellow vest movement. Police turned water cannon on activists in Paris.
      Protestors also targeted an HSBC bank.

      The gilets jaunes actions peaked at the end of last year, bringing hundreds of thousands onto the streets to oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s inability to combat high living costs and inequality. The numbers taking part have since fallen.

    • Turkish Radio & Television – TRT – Yellow Vest Protests: One year since demonstrations began in France

      Last November, more than 200-thousand people took to the streets across France wearing yellow safety vests.

      They were protesting against low salaries and high taxes, that they said – made it hard to make ends meet.

      They demonstrated every Saturday for months, shaking the political establishment and forcing the government into several policy U-turns.

      One year on, Elena Casas looks into what became of the yellow vests.

    • L’OBS –

      Alors que des violences ont rapidement émaillé le cortège parisien des “gilets jaunes”, les rassemblements en régions, un an après le début du mouvement, se déroulent dans une ambiance bien plus pacifique. A Avignon, à Toulouse, à Vannes ou encore à Montpellier, plusieurs centaines de “gilets jaunes” ont repris les ronds-points. En tout, 270 actions en tout genre sont prévues dans le week-end, partout en France.

    • Global News – Paris descends into chaos on anniversary of ‘Yellow Vests’ protests

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